[cdmckane]

There's no way a round ball, fired out of a slow twist barrel, can even come close to the ballistics of a saboted pistol bullet or a bore-sized conical at any range at all. I have and shoot a hawken with round balls just for fun. The amount of holdover I have to have just to even hit a 75 yard target is amazing, and when it gets there, it doesn't have the energy to punch through the 3 3/4" sheets of plywood I have my targets stapled to. The load I mentioned above hit's 3" high of the bullseye when I aim at the bull and easily punches through the plywood.